Word: fianna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mary MacSwiney to join forces and enter the Dail. This they have refused to do, alleging their unwillingness to take the oath of fealty to George V, required of every deputy before he can legally take his seat. At present Mr. De Valera stands at the head of 44 Fianna Fail or "Republican" deputies; and Miss MacSwiney is one of six deputies comprising the much blighted and withered Sinn Fein party to which De Valera formerly belonged. Thus, these 50 deputies if they should stand together, would outnumber the 46 supporters of Mr. Cosgrave in a Dail completed...
...want it known, finally that under no circumstances whatever will Fianna Fail deputies take the oath...
Observers awaited eagerly the assembly of the new Dail. There was always the chance that Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail deputies would try to enter without taking the oath-a move often threatened never attempted, and sure to lead to many a cracked Irish crown. Sober-minded Irishmen hoped that Mr. Cosgrave would consent to carry on, as before, with the readily obtainable support of the "neutral" parties...